Interjections

Interjections are parts of a dialogue, and they help in expressing sudden and internal feelings such as sorrows, emotions, excitement, and joy in any sentence. Interjections are usually grammatically independent from the main sentence; they stand independently, and they are punctuated through exclamation marks. Some of the mild interjections are incorporated within the sentence and are usually set off through commas. The ground rules for interjection begin with capital letters, and there is an exclamation sign at the end. For instance, Alas! Bravo! Ouch! Hurrah! Hush! Hello! Ahh! Among others. The lesson gives more details about interjections and its applications. 

Meaning of Interjection 

Interjection forms part of the speech, which entails: Noun, Verb, Pronouns, Adverb, Preposition, Interjection, and conjunction. An interjection is not very important for getting the precise meaning in the sentence. Hence, it is more commonly applied in informal communication or language than writing official documents or speech. It is often used to add exclamation within a sentence. 

Function of Interjection

The sole purpose of interjection within a sentence is to express or show one’s emotions or feelings, a sudden remark, and an abrupt feeling outburst. Examples of sentences without and with interjections are shown below. 

1. Sentence with no interjection: You are lovely! 
2. Sentence with interjection:   Wow, You are lovely! 

From the two sentences above, it is clear that in the second sentence, we incorporated the word “Wow” to express a strong emotion or feeling. Hence, it is the interjection in that sentence. 

Commonly used interjections in sentences

The following list entails some of the common interjections that are used in the day to day communication. 

1. Boo, you are boring!
2. Aww, I don’t like that!
3. A brand new car for a gift? Ooh-la-la!
4. Ewww, the cake is spoilt!
5. Hurrah, I won!
6. Ouch, I injured my toe!
7. Eeek, a frog!
8. Wow, that’s amazing!
9. Yuck, I don’t like the feeling!

Types of Interjection 

There are over six different types of interjections; they are categorized according to the emotion they express. Some interjections express joy, greeting, surprise, Attention, Sorrow, and Approval whenever they are applied within the sentences. 

1. An interjection used for Greetings

These interjections are incorporated within a sentence to express emotions related to warmth or affection to a person one is meeting with, maybe for the first time in the morning. Examples of greeting interjections are shown below. 

1. Good morning! I am happy to see you. 
2. Hello! I am Judy. 
3. Hey! Where to? 

The bolded words in the examples above are the greeting interjections in a sentence. 

2. An interjection used for Joy

They are the interjections that are used in a sentence to express happiness or lively mood on any happy moments or occasions such as wedding ceremony, graduation ceremony, or when an individual or a team has succeeded in performing a specific task successfully. Hence, it is used to express happiness when someone achieves a certain level of satisfaction. Examples of these interjections are highlighted below. 

1. Good! We can now proceed. 
2. Wow! It is good weather!
3. Hurrah! We have won!
4. Yay! I won! 

3. Interjections used for Attention

These interjections are added to a sentence to draw the listener or audience’s Attention or keep the audience more attentive to a given subject matter under discussion. For instance: 

1. Listen! I don’t mean you. 
2. Shh! be silent! 
3. Behold! There is some fishy business. 
4. Yo! What is going on?
5.  Listen! I am hungry. 

4. Interjections used for Approval 

These interjections are included in a sentence to show a sense of agreement for something which has occurred. See the examples below:

1. Brilliant! You beat them in time. 
2. Well done! You did a great job. 
3. Bravo! That was a good shot. 

5. Interjection for Surprise 

These interjections are incorporated in the sentence to express the intense feeling of surprise concerning occurrences. Words such as What! Ha! Ah! And Oh! Are among the common interjections. See the sentences below for more illustrations.  

1. Oh! You know her. 
2. Ah! I love this young man. 
3. Ah! You got an apartment. 
4. What! Did she pass on? 
5. Ah! It feels good. 
6. Oh! What lovely weather!

6. An interjection used for Sorrow

These interjections are used as an expression for the emotions related to sadness concerning some unfortunate occurrences. For instance, Oh! Ah! Ouch! Oops! Among others, such interjections. See the examples below for illustrations. 

1. Ouch! It is excruciating. 
2. Alas! She broke her arm. 
3. Oops, I made a mistake. 
4. Alas! She didn’t recover from her sickness. 

7. An interjection used for anger 

There are interjections that individuals apply in sentences to show their anger concerning some unfortunate occurrences related to someone’s carelessness or mistake. For instance:

1. Excuse me! Don’t take me for a beggar. 
2. Interjections in terms of phrases

Some interjections in a sentence are commonly used as phrases in the sentences; some are highlighted below. 

What the hell! Good Lord! Oh no! Oh my God! Goodness, gracious! What Goodness! What the heck! Among others.  

Interjection Rules 

There are some guiding principles for the use of interjections which are highlighted below.

1. They are placed at the beginning of a sentence, although there are exceptions. 
2. They represent exclamations and act as the replacement for feelings or emotions. 
3. They express feelings that are challenging to communicate through a sentence. 
4. There are different types of interjections as described above. 

Conclusion 

Interjections are portions of speech which entails: Pronoun, Noun, adverb, verb, adjective, conjunction, and interjection, among others. Interjections are incorporated to express feelings and internal emotions, which are inexpressible using words in a sentence. However, you don’t have to use interjections to bring meaning out of a sentence, and the sentence is clear even without interjections. There are different interjections such as Happiness, Sadness, Sorrow, Anger, Surprise, among others. The interjection rule can either be applied at the beginning of the sentence or the end.